The Dr. Willie Eliot Research Award

Qualifications of the Potential Recipients:

This award will be given to an individual, group or organization exhibiting outstanding research in PEI heritage and culture. Research must be based all or in part upon the collections from Prince Edward Island’s community museums and have been finished within the calendar year for which the award is being given.

The recipients of the award will receive a certificate, $100.00 cash, and have their name placed on a plaque which is exhibited at the CMA-PEI Offices. The award will be presented annually at the Community Museums Association of PEI’s Annual General Meeting, if a successful recipient is selected. A call for nominations will be made annually. A selection committee consisting of members of the board and others chosen from the community will adjudicate nominations.

Dr. Willie Eliot Research Award Recipients

​John Cousins 2017

Jean MacKay2015

Dr. Willie Eliot Research Award

2014

Catherine Hennessey for her research on Prince Edward Island Pottery Company